Write It, Film It Video Contest
The Write It! Film It! summer video contest is now closed. Thanks to all of the creative kids who entered our nationwide contest. Entries were judged on creativity, theme development, and technical quality. And if appropriate to the prompt, entries were also judged on character development and research and factual accuracy.
The winners!
Congratulations to these talented young writers and filmmakers, whose work has earned them a spot in our winner's circle.
Level I: ages 7-10
Gold: Death at the Park (Silent Movie) by Bruce R.
Silver: The Midnight Ride of … Tom? (Science Fiction) by Nathan M.
Bronze: Rick Meets Lincoln (Science Fiction) by Rick
Level II: ages 11-13
Gold: End of the Century (Science Fiction) by Zachary W.
Silver: Emily's Dark and Delicious Ice Cream (Cooking Show) by Emily R.
Level III: ages 14-18
Gold: The Three Modern Little Bears (Animation) by Jenny B.
Silver: To Catch a Thief (Superhero Action) by Ryan C. & Kishan P.
The prompts
Our prompts were inspired by the authors of the Exquisite Corpse Adventure.
- A family story inspired by Jon Scieszka (Time Warp Trio)
- A video diary inspired by Katherine Paterson (Bridge to Terabithia)
- A cooking show inspired by Kate DiCamillo (Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tale of Despereaux)
- A superhero action story inspired by Natalie Babbitt (Tuck Everlasting, The Eyes of the Amaryllis)
- A science fiction story inspired by Susan Cooper (The Dark Is Rising)
- An animated story inspired by Steven Kellogg (Chicken Little)
- A silent movie inspired by Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
